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lensmann · 08-21-2018, 05:20 PM

Thanks very much, M4H35H. That was a very helpful suggestion! PDF-XChange Viewer works beautifully, although the 'flatten comments' function requires a pro license if you want to save the flattened file (which I will need to do for some files).

However, your post also helped me to find a solution in Acrobat Pro (which I already have via work). The built-in 'flatten comments' function in Acrobat Pro's 'preflight' menu does not work well at all well - around 60% of the pen strokes simply disappear. However, running the following command in Acrobat Pro's interactive javascript console flattened all the comments correctly.

Code:

this.flattenPages();

The resulting PDF prints perfectly.

For a FOSS solution, I assume ghostscript can be used to do this. I'll give it a try on my Linux machine at home this weekend.

But anyway, thanks very much. That's resolved my problem.

08-21-2018, 05:20 PM	#3
lensmann Zealot Posts: 142 Karma: 821920 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: Clara BW, Aura One, Aura HD, Boox Max 2, ThinkBook Plus Gen 2	Thanks very much, M4H35H. That was a very helpful suggestion! PDF-XChange Viewer works beautifully, although the 'flatten comments' function requires a pro license if you want to save the flattened file (which I will need to do for some files). However, your post also helped me to find a solution in Acrobat Pro (which I already have via work). The built-in 'flatten comments' function in Acrobat Pro's 'preflight' menu does not work well at all well - around 60% of the pen strokes simply disappear. However, running the following command in Acrobat Pro's interactive javascript console flattened all the comments correctly. Code: this.flattenPages(); The resulting PDF prints perfectly. For a FOSS solution, I assume ghostscript can be used to do this. I'll give it a try on my Linux machine at home this weekend. But anyway, thanks very much. That's resolved my problem.